Railway-tie.



,inientinin the rails heine RICFAR E. YOUNIE, HWARDEN, ENNA.

RAILVAY-T IE,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11916.

Appeaton led Juy 13, 1915. Seria No. 39.645.

,ilse the int i railwaxY t' obit-et ot the invention is to provide n raii snrh eonstrnrtion that it wil". he strong and durable te snpport the rails, and whit-i will also aid in preventing spreading; ot the rails.

thher ohjeets and advantages will be apparent troni the toliowingf description when taken in ronneetion with the accompanying drawing.

in the drawing: Figure 1 is a side eleva tion ot a tie niade in aerm'dant'e with Ain); iown in sei-tiem i top plan View ot the saine Fig. 3 is a transverse sertion on the line -I of Fie'. i. and Fig. l a longitudinal sertion onthe iinr t4-l oi: Fig. 2.

Referring' nartienlarly to the aeeonipanyiney drawing. 1l) represents an elongated hohow nietallie member forming lvthe body ot the tie. Foi-ined transversely in the top ot the tie. ndiaeen eaeh end is a slot 11, .saine extending aeross the tie from one to the other. t eaeh end ot' the Slot is :in ontwardly extending` horizontal lip 12, the inn-pose ol' whirh will appear later. i. eaeh .side-oi' the slot there are formed a nail' o openings l in whieh are received the tongnes lvl ol the rlanip plates 15. Forniedlin the renter of eaeh of these plates is n bolt openingY it?. while. in the top of the tie beneath this opening is l'ori ied :i threaded openingr 1?. Disposed in each end of the tie beneath the slot is a reinforcing boxlilte strnetnre 1S. and in this box and registering! with the threaded openings 1T are threaded openings 19.

A rail plared on the tie so that its haste rests on the top ot' the hoxdilte inemher within the slot. The elanip plates 15 ire then engaged withjlthe openings 13 in siii-.i position that they rest on the base of the rail, Bolts are passed Yertieally through the openings ot the plates and serewed into the openings oi the tix and the box. Then the bolts 'are serewed down. the pates 15 are elaxnned tirinl.' against. the 'ail so as to held the saine down in the groove. iateralli7 directed in 12 receive the rail base thereon and aid in supporting the Same. t will thus be seen that tht` elainps 15 hold the rail down in the slot so that the edges The ot' the base ot the rail areprevented from inorein'ent toward or away'froni the other rail by the side valls of the slot.

rl`he 't'aet that the bolts are threaded into the top ot the tie and the reinforcing meniher ohviates the nee of nuts.

What is elainied is:

A railwa)VY tie and rail fasteningeoniprising a hollow nietaliie body having transverse `openings adjaeent the ends thereof tor the reception ot' rail bases, a reinforcing boxlilie sti-notare disposed within theends of the body benath the rails, said body and reinforcements being formed with registerin T openings and threaded openings, clamp plates having tongues disposed through the said slots. and openings registering with the' threaded openings, and bolts engaged through the elainp plates and threaded into the threaded openings.

in testimony whereof. I aiix my signatnre, in the presence ot two witnesses.

RlCl l A\ RD ll. YOUNE.

`\\'itnesses:

Mrs. l?. il. YoUNin,

Joux limo. 

